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Italian
Etymology
From Latin epicoenus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos), based on κοινός (koinós, “common”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.piˈt͡ʃɛ.no/
- Rhymes: -ɛno
- Hyphenation: e‧pi‧cè‧no
Adjective
epiceno (feminine epicena, masculine plural epiceni, feminine plural epicene)
- (grammar) common (gender)
- Synonyms: promiscuo, ambigenere
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin epicoenus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos), based on κοινός (koinós, “common”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
epiceno (feminine epicena, masculine plural epicenos, feminine plural epicenas)
- (grammar, of words for animals) having a fixed grammatical gender
See also
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin epicoenus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos), based on κοινός (koinós, “common”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /epiˈθeno/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /epiˈseno/
- Rhymes: -eno
- Syllabification: e‧pi‧ce‧no
Adjective
epiceno (feminine epicena, masculine plural epicenos, feminine plural epicenas)
- (grammar, of gender) common; epicene
Noun
epiceno m (plural epicenos)
- epicene; an epicene word (especially a noun)
- Synonym: nombre epiceno
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